BILL NUMBER: AB 1018	CHAPTERED  08/30/99

	CHAPTER   262
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 30, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 30, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cox

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 2551 of, and to add Section 891.5 to, the
Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1018, Cox.  Freeway service authority:  Sacramento Area Council
of Governments:  bikeways:  callboxes.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the establishment of a service
authority for freeway emergencies in counties, as specified.  The
Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as the service
authority in the Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San
Joaquin upon the adoption of specified resolutions by the counties
and cities, and to act as the service authority for any county that
is not already a member of the council if the resolution is adopted
by that county and the cities within that county.
   This bill would revise those provisions to instead authorize the
council to act outside the 5-county area in another county that is
not within another multicounty service authority.
   (2) The California Bicycle Transportation Act provides for the
establishment of bikeways, as defined, and provides for funding from
the Bicycle Transportation Account and the Bikeway Account in the
State Transportation Fund.
   This bill would authorize the Sacramento Area Council of
Governments, as a service authority, to purchase, operate, and
maintain callboxes on class 1 bikeways.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 891.5 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   891.5.  The Sacramento Area Council of Governments, pursuant to
subdivision (d) of Section 2551, may purchase, operate, and maintain
callboxes on class 1 bikeways.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2551 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   2551.  (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be
established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county
and the city councils of a majority of the cities within the county
having a majority of the population of cities within the county adopt
resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority.
   (b) The resolutions may designate the county transportation
commission for the county, created pursuant to Division 12
(commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code or
council of governments formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, as the
service authority for freeway emergencies.  The powers of a
commission or council of governments so designated are limited to
those of the service authority.
   (c) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission may function as the
service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and the City and County of San Francisco upon
adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service
authority and upon ratification of the commission's resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the city and county
or by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils
of the cities within the county having a majority of the population
of the cities within the county.
   (d) (1) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as
the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San Joaquin, or any
other county that is not within another multicounty service
authority, upon adoption of a resolution by the council to act as a
service authority and upon ratification of the resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the county and by
the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority
of the population of the cities within the county.
   (2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may also exercise,
as a service authority, in any of those counties, the powers
specified in Section 891.5 pertaining to callboxes on class 1
bikeways.
   (e) As used in this chapter, "authority" and "service authority"
mean a service authority for freeway emergencies created pursuant to
this chapter.
